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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Gerāsh in Iran


Earthquake location 27.2079S, 53.6687WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Gerāsh in Iran on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.883 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 53.6687 East, latitude 27.2079 North, depth = 10.883 km. Event id: us6000n0iw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0iw. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 17:07:31 / May 23, 2024 @ 5:07 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:07:31 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iran (c. 76 923 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Gerāsh (c. 25 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kīsh (c. 20 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kīsh, Gerāsh.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 68 km SW of Gerāsh, Iran.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 53.6687° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.2079° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.883 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 km SW of Gerāsh, Iran Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-23 17:07:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-23 17:32:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 385 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 84 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.205 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000n0iw Id of event.
Event Code 6000n0iw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0iw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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